Newbie Guide

[Professor Cottonwood]

Guide to: Battling

• Important: Move Type Chart.

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Battling: We are relying on the Type Chart listed and linked above to deal damage, and moves are dealt on a 1 - 5 scale.

[ 0% Efficiency Moves ] Any move that has no effect on another Pokemon (Ground x Flying, Normal x Ghost) will obviously not hit.
[ 10% Efficiency Moves ] Any moves that are of low effeciency on another Pokemon (Normal x Rock, Fire x Fire) will result in needing 4+ hits.
[ 25% Efficiency Moves ] Any moves that are of average efficency on another Pokemon (Electric x Normal, Grown x Normal) will result in needing 3 - 4 hits.
[ 50% Efficiency Moves ] Any moves that are of high efficiency on another Pokemon (Fighting x Normal, Fire x Grass) will result in needing 2 - 3 hits.

[ Critical Hits ] Every second turn (Turn 2, 4, 6, etc.) should your Pokemon use a physical attack, staff will roll a 1 in 5 shot of the hit being critical. This will immediately bump the move to a staggering 65%.

[ STAB ] Same Type Attack Bonus increases the power of the move if the attacking Pokémon has the same type as the move used (for example a Fire-type Pokémon using a Fire-type move). This is in effect only during Gym battles and actual trainer (player v. player) battles, and will tack on an additional 10% to every hit.

[ Dodging ] A chance of a successful dodge is 1 in 5. Staff modding the battle will edit in the roll and if your Pokemon dodged or not.
--▷ [ Successful ] Your Pokemon will have dodged the attack, and you must wait two turns to dodge again. If your Pokemon dodged in Turn 1, they can't attempt to dodge again until Turn 3.
--▷ [ Unsuccessful ] If your Pokemon doesn't dodge, you will have the change to dodge again in the next turn. If you are unsuccessful in the second turn, you must wait 2 additional turns to try again. Example: Your Pidgey unsuccessfully dodged in Turn 1, they can try again in Turn 2. If they miss a second time, they won't be able to attempt to dodge again until Turn 4.

[Professor Cottonwood]

Guide to: Breeding Pokemon.

• Important: Egg Groups

Breeding must be done between a male and a female pokemon of corresponding egg groups, or of a Pokemon and a ditto, and must be done within the Breeders Marker in the GTT.

Egg groups work like this: A Scraggy is in the 'Field' egg group, and can breed with any of the 'Field' egg group Pokemon. Scraggy is also part of the 'Dragon' egg group, and therefore can also breed with any Pokemon in the 'Dragon' egg group. (Scraggy x Pikachu, Scraggy x Swablu). Currently the only offspring to come out of a mixed pairing will be one of the parents. If a parent is able to have a 'baby' stage or pre-stage (Pichu > Pikachu), it will need to hold an incense to achieve that outcome.

Trainers must have the Boulderbadge to put their Pokemon in the general, region wide Daycare service or to go to a specialized Breeder in the Breeders Market. Breeders are allowed to have their own set of rules within their thread.

[Professor Cottonwood]

Guide to: Catching Pokemon

Catching Pokemon is simple here at Pokemon Mirabilia; just like in the games, you must knock the opposing Pokemon's health down into the orange or red zone, and throw a Pokeball at it! Staff will use this* feature to see if you catch the Pokemon or not**, and ta-da, that's how you catch a Pokemon!

You will only encounter three random Pokemon per thread. This is to reduce the amount of work mods would have to do normally. If you decide to run from that Pokemon you obviously wont be able to catch it or earn levels from it, and for the most part you won't be able to encounter that Pokemon again in the same thread. If you need some more explaining, please contact a staff member c:

Please be aware that as stated in our rules, each character is only allowed one encounter thread every week, and encounter threads must be marked with the shaking Pokeball icon!

* - Heads = caught / Tails = breaks from ball.
** - If the Pokemon is knocked out you have the choice to catch it, and the catch rate will be 100%

Regarding Swarms: Swarms are like Encounter threads with the basis that each character can only have one swarm thread a week. Outside of that, Staff will randomly pick a number between one and ten and that will be your swarm Pokemon for the entire thread.

[Professor Cottonwood]

Guide to: Levelling.

Here at Pokemon Mirabilia we have kicked stats to the curb!

We've worked on a pretty basic Tier Structure that'll help you, the player, earn levels quicker and easier. We don't want to restrict how you earn levels too badly, so as long as you're in the a designated Tier, you will earn the levels associated to it! For now this is pretty basic and the rough structure of how it's going to work. Once we have a better understanding of it (aka members want to make it better for themselves) then we'll come back and change it up.

[ A NOTE ABOUT LEVELING: ] The Pokemon that will earn it's level(s) will be the Pokemon that delivered the final blow. Meaning if you were training your Charmander but switched out for your Pidgey, and the Pidgey knocked the opposing Pokemon out, your Pidgey will earn that level. Please keep this in mind while farming.
September 2016 Additon: the pokemon that's out when you catch a pokemon will earn 1 level.

[ TIER 1 ] Levels 1 - 24 || 1:1 - For every 1 Pokemon your Pokemon knocks out, it will earn 1 level.

[ TIER 2 ] Levels 25 - 49 || 2:1 - For every 2 Pokemon your Pokemon knocks out, it will earn 1 level.

[ TIER 3 ] Levels 50 - 74 || 3:1 - For every 3 Pokemon your Pokemon knocks out, it will earn 1 level.

[ TIER 4 ] Levels 75 - 99 || 4:2 - For every 4 Pokemon your Pokemon knocks our, it will earn 2 levels.

[ TIER 5 ] Level 100 || This is the highest possible tier and your Pokemon can go no further.

[Professor Cottonwood]

Guide to: The Global Trainer Tower (GTT)

The Global Training Tower - or the GTT - is split into three levels:
- The Battle Floor
- Breeder's Market
- Trading Post.

The Battle Floor is obviously where you can sign up for a battle within your level block, and face off against three NPC trainers, all with one Pokemon. You can earn up to three levels here for one Pokemon, and you can only train here once a real life week. Currently it's locked off to any trainer who doesn't have their Boulder Badge. More will be released about the Battle Floor once it's open.

Breeder's Market is where breeders can go to set up a shop, buy/trade eggs with other breeders, and obviously sell their wares (mainly their exrta eggs they don't want to keep). More can be read about the Breeders Market once it's open. At the moment this level is only accessible to breeders, trainers must earn their Boulder Badge to access it.

The Trading Post is the top floor of the building and is used to trade Pokemon to one another. This floor won't be open until trainers earn their Cascade Badge. Breeders have access to the floor immediately. More can be read about trading when it's open.